PS 121 THROOP

PS 121 THROOP operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. Current enrollment sits at 601 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% above the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 30,138 students. PS 121 THROOP is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PS 121 THROOP reports that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 39% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 3% White, 2% Pacific Islander.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 121 THROOP tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 121 THROOP is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PS 97, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 121 THROOP comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 35%: 920 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 56% to 40%.

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